RE: FLASH: Message Board (Bored?)

[Jim Antonopoulos]

Branden,


Thanks so much for taking the time out to write me those details.

Do you have an example of this (fla) that I can pick apart and see how it is

done?


I'm fairly new to actionscripting but not new to flash - I'm one of many

designers that are starting to think about programming more and more. :)


I understand about the database etc - I am working on this project with a

programmer who will buld that for me - but we are new to the world of

flash-based messageboards so I need to know what elements in flash will be

need to suckout the information from the database.


You mentioned 3 different fla files..... now that threw me off track. Why

three different files?

The concept of the messageboard is very similar to that of shockfusion... it

will have all the same elements. number of messages, heading, author, date.

and post.


jim.



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Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 11:21 PM

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Subject: RE: FLASH: Message Board (Bored?)



Recipe for a message board with Flash 4:


Ingrediants:

-Flash 4 (duh!)

-A server that has both a database server and either PHP/ASP/CGI/Cold Fusion

or some other server side scripting language

-Lots of knowledge about that database server and server side scripting

language


Instructions:

-Build a few template FLA files that can load into it data from a remote

file (which will be the server side lanugage)You will need 3 of these, one

for the the main screen (since you might want to add areas), one for the

list of the threads, and one for the actual threads.

-Create a relational database that will store all of the information in the

message board in various tables.

-Write the scripting language so that it takes info from the FLA files (ie

what thread/group they want to look at) and then sends back the appropriate

information from the database.


In the case of Shockfusion, they use PHP as the language and MySQL as the

database.  www.php.net for more info on PHP, and www.mysql.com for more info

on MySQL. Note: They are both licensed under the GNU license, and are thus

free for most uses.


-= Branden J. Hall

-= Web Developer / Instructor

-= Fig Leaf Software





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